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Sunday, January 8, 2017

'Armour' from StephenS: Carthaginian Veterans

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...

So
the Romans were probably very chuffed to see that the Carthaginian army
after the battles of Trebia and Lake Trasimene was wearing so much
Roman armour that they were allegedly mistaken for Roman troops. They
just would have probably preferred it hadn't been stripped from dead and
fleeing Roman legionaries...

I
present 9 Carthaginian Veterans equipped from the spoils of war with
Roman armour and shields (re-painted of course). The miniatures are all
28 mm plastic Victrix models and the transfers on the shields are from
Little Big Men Studios.

These
are reinforcements for my Carthaginian army which, unfortunately, is
yet to replicate the success of their real-life counterparts. Still,
that is the beauty of toy soldiers, you get to keep trying!